Mike Chesnut

Mike Chesnut has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Mike is currently working as the VP of Cloud Engineering at Lucidworks since March 2021. Prior to that, they were the Senior Director of Cloud Operations at Lucidworks from January 2020 to March 2021.

Before joining Lucidworks, Mike worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as an Enterprise Support Lead from August 2015 to January 2020. Mike was responsible for being the primary technical point of contact for Enterprise Support customers and led a team of Technical Account Managers. Mike played a key role in establishing the AWS Chicago office and provided personnel leadership.

Prior to AWS, Mike was the Director of Operations Engineering at Crittercism (now Apteligent by VMware) from May 2013 to July 2015. Mike led a team of senior-level DevOps, Site Reliability, and Database Engineers and was responsible for the reliability, security, availability, and efficiency of a cloud-based data ingestion and processing platform.

Before Crittercism, Mike worked at Talksum as the Principal Systems Administrator from March 2012 to May 2013. Mike was the first Systems Administrator at the start-up and played a crucial role in designing and implementing a custom Linux-based appliance OS. Mike also devised release engineering policies and procedures.

From February 2011 to March 2012, Mike worked as the Technical Manager of Service Delivery Operations at Aggregate Knowledge. Mike led the Operations group and built a team of Systems Administrators and Database Administrators. Mike also managed project coordination and handled procurement and installation of production equipment.

Prior to that, Mike held the role of Senior Systems Administrator at Aggregate Knowledge from March 2010 to February 2011. In this role, they developed tools and policies for system provisioning and configuration management. Mike also contributed to data center build-outs and filled in various roles as needed.

Mike started their career at Netflix as a Senior Systems Engineer from November 2009 to March 2010. Mike was part of the Cloud Operations Group and assisted in managing a large-scale virtualized storage environment.

Before Netflix, Mike worked at Aggregate Knowledge as a Systems Administrator from May 2008 to November 2009. Mike supported a highly available internet service and played a key role in operational improvements and facility transitions.

Mike's earliest work experience was at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From August 2003 to April 2008, they worked as a Research Programmer in the Systems Management Group, responsible for server administration and developing provisioning and monitoring solutions. Prior to that, from March 2002 to September 2003, they worked as a Network Systems and Services Analyst in the Operations Center, providing support for the campus network and developing monitoring tools.

In summary, Mike Chesnut has extensive experience in cloud engineering, operations management, systems administration, and technical leadership. Mike has worked in various industries and played crucial roles in establishing teams, developing policies and procedures, and ensuring the reliability and efficiency of complex systems.

Mike Chesnut obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1999 to 2001. Prior to that, they attended Eastern Illinois University from 1997 to 1999, but their degree and field of study during that time are unknown.

In terms of additional certifications, Mike Chesnut obtained the following certifications:

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional from Amazon Web Services in January 2020

- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional from Amazon Web Services in January 2020

- AWS Certified Developer - Associate from Amazon Web Services in January 2016

- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate from Amazon Web Services in October 2015

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate from Amazon Web Services in September 2015

- Emergency Management Institute - Incident Command System (ICS) training from FEMA in an unspecified year

- Emergency Management Institute - National Incident Management System (NIMS) training from FEMA in an unspecified year

- Red Had Certified Engineer (RHEL4) from Red Hat in November 2006.